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Title

The challenge of illiteracy : from reflection to action / edited by Zaghloul Morsy.

Publication

New York : Garland Pub., 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Morsy, Zaghloul.
• Unesco.
• International Bureau of Education.

Description

xxiv, 322 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 995

Uniform Title

Garland reference library of social science ; v. 995.

Subject

• Literacy > Social aspects
• Literacy programs

Note

• "Unesco [and] International Bureau of Education."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction / Zaghloul Morsy -- 'Education for all': a challenge for the year 2000 / Federico Mayor -- Women and literacy: a quest for justice / Lalita Ramdas -- Failure and underachievement in education: the new illiterates / Denis Kallen -- Who benefits from illiteracy? Literacy and empowerment / Yusuf Kassam -- The social and economic costs of illiteracy / Audrey M. Thomas -- Literacy policy and practice: issues for debate / Heribert Hinzen -- Literacy for what? The plurality of cultural approaches / Heinz Peter Gerhardt -- Forecasts of primary-education expenditure in developing countries in the year 2000 / Gerard Lassibille and Maria Lucia Navarro Gomez -- Is literacy for all by the year 2000 a feasible target? / Gabriel Carceles -- Lessons from past literacy campaigns: a critical assessment / John C. Cairns -- Adult literacy: from concepts to implementation strategies / Harbans S. Bhola -- Regional co-operation for literacy in Asia and the Pacific / Taichi Sasaoka.
• Functional illiteracy in industrialized countries / Eugen Brand -- Illiteracy and literacy training in Latin America and the Caribbean: between inertia and a break with the past / Rosa Maria Torres -- Illiteracy in the Arab States: situation and prospects / Bhani Al-Nasser -- The Jomtiem plan of action in the sub-Saharan context / Iba Der Thiam -- The potential contribution of research to educational policies for the poor in Asia / Kenneth N. Ross -- An inquiry into the role of the written word in Hungarian cultural communication / Tamas Terestyeni -- The teaching of writing in the United States / Lois Bouchard -- Adult literacy: its impact on young adults in the United Kingdom / Alan Wells -- United Kingdom: non-formal education in a context of youth unemployment / David Brockington and Roger White -- Frontier College: literacy education since 1899 / Jack C. Pearpoint -- Methods and material in teaching adult literacy in Germany / Wolfgang Kreft.
• Functional illiteracy and vocational training for young people in rural France / Jean-Francois Chosson -- Special literacy activities in the Danish armed forces / Bendt Petersen -- Becoming and staying literate: the Polish experience / Josef Polturzycki -- The challenge of basic education for all / Manzoor Ahmed and Gabriel Carron -- New perspectives in literacy: the role of non-governmental organizations / Budd L. Hall -- Education for all: the role of international aid / Wadi D. Haddad.

ISBN

• 0815318545 (Garland : acid-free paper)
• 923103037X (Unesco : acid-free paper)

LCCN

94032885

OCLC

• 30976111
• ocm30976111

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries